Salmon River, Pulaski New York "FLOSSING"

2012 Pulaski New York, Salmon River

                                               Fishing Trip.

This was my fist time in the Salmon River.  I had no idea how to fish for Salmon in the river.  We fished using a tecnique called "flossing".  I've found that flossing is a controversial form of fishing that alot of anglers equate to snagging.  Snagging used to be legal in NY years ago, but is now illegal.  Flossing consists of using a rod and reel of choice, most people there had  some type of fly rod set up or center pin.  The tecnique entails setting a near marble sized split shot weight no more than four feet from the hook.  Your hook cannot exceed a gap more than a half inch.  Using a pair of polarized sun glasses to see the salmon better in the water, you look for a group of salmon or a single salmon at a rest.  You cast about eight feet to ten feet in front of the salmon.  The force of the current pulls the weight and hook toward the mouth of the salmon.  The goal is obviously to land your hook into the open mouth of the salmon.  It is illegal to keep a foul hooked salmon.  A foul hooked salmon when your hook snaggs a fin, tail, or body of the salmon.  You must release the fish if foul hooked.  Everyone develops their own system of casting for flossing.  I found myself aiming to cast my split shot ten feet in front of the salmon, just about two feet on the other side of it.   As the current pulls your hook and line closer to the fish, youbegin to pull toward yourself in an effort to hook the inside of the salmons mouth.  We had plenty of luck, maxing out for three days in a row.   I also found it beneficial to put a small piece of florecent rubber worm on the end of my hook, so i could see where it is going in the water much better. 

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